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Childhood In The 1950s
It breaks my heart to see how the years, short-sighted councillors and rapacious businessmen have ruined this once noble and beautiful seaside resort. How could anybody have countenanced destroying this view for the ...Read more
A memory of Bridlington by
The Corringham Bull
The Corringham Bull brings back memories for me too. I remember very well the legendary publican Charlie Abbott, better known as 'short change Charlie'. I left Corringham in 1963 but I sometimes return for a visit and have a ...Read more
A memory of Corringham in 1952 by
A Yokels Tale
A Personal Recollection of growing up during the last days of the pedestrian era in rural England by Tom Thornton A Yokel's Tale My earliest recollection of my Thornton grandparents, Alice and Tom, dates back to my pre-school ...Read more
A memory of Owslebury in 1941 by
Service On Hms Impregnable 1877 1879
My grandfather, Uriah Hazlehurst, served on this ship from 2nd April 1877 until 2nd March 1879 with a short break between 6th to 19th August 1878 when he was with 'R. Adelaide'. He went on to serve in the RN until 4th October 1895 when he was discharged to Plymouth Hospital.
A memory of Devonport
Visiting Abercynon As 8 Yr Old
I remember visiting Abercynon as a small child. Taken there by my mother to the house of Uncle Benjamin Jones. Having just turned 70 and lived in New Zealand for some 57 years my memories of the location of their ...Read more
A memory of Abercynon in 1950 by
Cargo Fleet
I lived in Cargo Fleet as a young child, having moved from Australia. My grandmother was born in Cargo Fleet, and she ended up returning with my grandfather, where they purchased a shop on the corner of Bristol Street. We lived up the ...Read more
A memory of Cargo Fleet in 1977 by
Memories
The pictures on this site brought back so many memories, they made me smile and the warm feeling in my stomach is intoxicating. I moved to Blackfield in 1952 from Liverpool. My Dad worked at the refinery. I used to ride from Blackfield to the ...Read more
A memory of Fawley in 1952 by
The Irish Bacon Shop
Stuck in the middle of this parade of shops is the cream coloured frontage Irish Bacon Shop & my mother worked there.We lived at 41a Willesden High Road, just a short hop to the shop, and I have found memories of the ...Read more
A memory of Willesden in 1966 by
Farraline Hall
Moved to Farraline Hall, Errogie in 1950 from Leeds. Dad was estate manager. Me and my brother Jeff and sister Jennifer in the back of a 7 ton flat lorry, sat on mattress under canvas in the back of it. I went to Errogie school, had to ...Read more
A memory of Errogie in 1950 by
''the Grapevine'' And Others!
My uncle, the late William John Wilcox, was the proprietor of the 'Grapevine' from the mid 1930s through to the early 1960s. I remember it as a truly old fashioned 'pub' complete with a 'games room' with darts, shove ha'penny ...Read more
A memory of Meare in 1940 by
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Hastings emerged as a seaside resort in the early 19th century, and expanded rapidly from its kernel of a fishing port and town.
Axmouth, the last coastal community wholly in Devon, was an important port until its river entrance silted up.
It was still there for the Scots planters to add their plan and get the approval of James I (the sixth of Scotland) for the new port.
An important sailing centre, Lymington was originally a Saxon port with shipbuilding in operation between the Norman era and the 18th century.
Lying at the end of a little lane that is a dead end, this is yet another former port that now lies, quite literally, some miles inland - the church even has an iron ring attached to it where once, so
West Bay is the small port of the neighbouring town of Bridport.The River Brit, which gives the larger town its name, is held back by a series of sluices and released at low tide.
Until around 1900, fishing was still a major industry in Christchurch, though its port never really developed beyond the present simple harbour.
It was from here and Bangor that slate from the Snowdon area was shipped to various European ports.
It was also intended that there should be a canal going from Ellesmere directly to the north to reach the sea at Ellesmere Port.
A new cut was made from Swaffham Lode to Commercial End in the early 19th century for a port owned by Thomas Bowyer.
Fleetwood was a busy cargo port too, and the small building above the beach was for the customs officials, who kept tally on the boats moving in and out of the docks.
Smuggling was a major industry in the 18th century, with vast quantities of contraband passing through little ports such as Coverack.
Ruswarp, standing at the tidal limit of the River Esk, was at one time as important a port as neighbouring Whitby, and a mill was mentioned here in the Domesday Book.
During the 19th and early 20th centuries, Staithes was a fishing port of some standing, being a centre for cod, haddock and mackerel, with enough fish being landed for the North Eastern Railway to run
Once a whaling port, Kings Lynn in the late 19th century was handling coal from the North East and grain, and had a small inshore fishing fleet.
The Pilot's Pier light sits on a long promontory extending from the sea wall, and cargo shipping and the associated tug boats pass by it on their way in and out of the port.
Greenodd was a port under the control of Lancaster until the mid 1800s, exporting gunpowder, copper ore, limestone burnt in local kilns, and other goods. Small ships were built here.
This photograph was taken shortly after the winner's sign (left) was installed in the front garden next to the village hall, and it shows how justified the judges were in making the decision.
The houses and shops on the right were pulled down shortly after our photograph was taken.
Dudley High Street is quite short compared to those in neighbouring towns. This view up towards top church takes in about half of it. The prominence of the church tower is emphasised well.
The gaol had a short life: the assizes were finally lost, and it closed in 1868. A recent use as an arts centre has collapsed, and it remains boarded up (2004).
The left hand lock, behind the footbridge, canalises the River Chess for a short distance from its junction with the River Colne. The central cottage has now gone, but there is a cafe instead.
The ladies' headwear is typical of the early 1930s, and short skirts were in vogue. Motor cruisers are not common on Ormesby Broad, as it is not connected to the river system.
The girls are wearing light short dresses - quite a contrast to their Victorian and Edwardian predecessors, who wore several layers of clothes, even on the beach.
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